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pain and LO refusing one breast

Yesterday Will refused my right breast. My left breast got really "tired" yesterday evening and I refused to nurse him on it anymore, but he would only nurse the right one for a few seconds even then. This morning I woke up with a pain in the top of my right breast. Not sharp, stabbing, like thrush, but more like a dull ache. He is refusing the right breast again today. Any ideas?

Re: pain and LO refusing one breast

There is definitely a tender area but it is not swollen or red. I "tricked" him into taking the right breast when he woke last night and was half asleep but even then he pulled away after a few seconds, shaking his head. Oh, man, I am not looking forward to nursing him all on the left this weekend!

Re: pain and LO refusing one breast

My first thought is also clogged duct. Sometimes a clogged area can produce milk that tastes kind of salty, and some babies refuse it on that basis. Do you have a pump? Draining the breast thoroughly with the pump may restore the normal taste.